(Long Distance) Ramblings |
I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Spring in OregonAfter suffering through 90° heat in California last week, I come home to Oregon to find a much different reality. This, from our Randonneur RBA... "With snow forecast for the Three Capes route on Saturday, 3 capes route will not be run. I'm currently working on a route that is in the Willamette Valley and does not go above 500 feet. The start would be the same and you'd travel as far south as Albany before returning to Forest Grove. I will be preparing the materials for this alternate route tonight. Start location is the same. Still, if the weather looks anywhere close to freezing in the valley I will be postponing the ride until next weekend (Apr 26). I will make that decision before Thursday evening."
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